I love a list. The order one can make in a chaotic mind simply be writing things down, one after the other - usually next to a neat little hand-drawn square - is astounding.

So correspondingly I have many lists. Many books for many lists.

My book of grocery lists makes for very interesting reading. It is from when I first moved out, and even though I was living on my own, I did it in style!

Every week I bought:

• proscuitto
• pecorino
• bocconcini (I think there was a cheese theme!)
• capsicums for roasting

That was just some of my 'standing order' items. And then when I had people over, I got even more creative!

I had some of my favourite girls over for an afternoon tea and served:

• chicken sandwiches
• chilli plum chicken cakes
• scones
• madeleines (I remember I had trouble getting them out of the pan)
• Turkish delight rocky road
• meringues

Oh! And I just found my menu from a Trivial Pursuit night:

• homemade guacamole
• pear, date and cinnamon chutney
• bruschetta
• mini pizzas
• baked beans with Indian flavours (NOT the beans out of a can)
• baby pavlovas

So as well as having the satisfaction of writing the list, and then ticking things off the list, I also have the wonderful memories the lists evoke.

Note to self: must make more pear, date and cinnamon chutney.